RAVALLI REPUBLIC, November 9, 2005---
STEVENSVILLE - Gwendolyn Ellen ‘Gwen' Puyear Powell of Stevensville passed away on Monday, November 7, 2005 in Florence.
Gwen was born on January 26, 1919 in Victor to Edgar and Frances (Keirns) Puyear. She graduated from Corvallis High School on May 19, 1937. Two days later she married the love of her life, Chester (Chet) L. Powell, May 21, 1937. After 63 years of marriage, he preceded her in death on August 30, 2000.
Gwen was active throughout her life. Gwen and Chet enjoyed camping and fishing throughout the Bitterroot Valley, (after the gardening and canning were done). Gwen was a talented seamstress, enjoyed all kinds of needlework. Chet boasted of her skill "she even made me a suit."
She loved flowers, both growing and arranging them. The Stevensville Methodist Church was often the recipient of a beautiful Sunday bouquet. When giving directions to the house, all one had to mention was "the iris and gladiola garden on (old) Ravalli Street." She was a good cook and liked trying new recipes. But the favorites of her family and company were her pies and cookies.
Gwen's passions were her family and her painting. After taking lessons and trekking into the mountains and down to the river with her artist friends, she mastered all mediums but was especially proud of her portraits, many of them of her children and grandchildren. In her later years, Gwen enjoyed watching baseball, basketball and golf on television and had time to indulge her lifelong passion of reading.
Gwen was a member of the Garden Club of Montana, Stevensville Garden Club, and Beulah Chapter No. 8 of the Order of Eastern Star, Rebecca Lodge,United Methodist Church of Stevensville and the Indian Hills Retirement Community of Salome, Ariz.
Gwen worked as a truck driver hauling bulk milk with baby Larry riding shotgun, at Farmers State Bank and First State Bank as a proof machine operator, and as principal bookkeeper at Powell's Conoco bulk plant and service station.
Her adoring husband Chet, youngest son Larry, dear sister Mildred and loving parents Frances and Edgar Puyear preceded her in death.
Survivors include her children Linda K. (John) Berge of Issaquah, Wash., and E Leon (Linda) Powell of Stevensville; sisters Barbara (Terry) Kerr of Stevensville and Gerald (Joanne) Puyear of Yakima, Wash.; grandchildren Michael and Loren Berge, Lori (Bill) Swinehart, and Curtis (Elissa) Powell Douglas; great-grandchildren Samuel and Benjamin Berge, Kara Berge, Rebecca and Karine Swinehart and Diego Powell Douglas.
Visitation will be held at the Whitesitt Funeral Home in Stevensville on Friday, November 11, 2005 from 6 to 8pm.
Funeral Services are scheduled for Saturday, November 12, 2005 at 10:30 pm at the Stevensville United Methodist Church with the Rev. Nancy Slaubaugh-Hart officiating. Eastern Star Ritualistic Services will conclude services. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Stevensville. A reception in honor of Gwen will follow at the church.
Memorials are asked in lieu of flowers in the name of Gwen Powell to the Alzheimer's Association, 3010 11th Ave N, Billings, Mont., 59101.
STEVENSVILLE - Gwendolyn Ellen ‘Gwen' Puyear Powell of Stevensville passed away on Monday, November 7, 2005 in Florence.
Gwen was born on January 26, 1919 in Victor to Edgar and Frances (Keirns) Puyear. She graduated from Corvallis High School on May 19, 1937. Two days later she married the love of her life, Chester (Chet) L. Powell, May 21, 1937. After 63 years of marriage, he preceded her in death on August 30, 2000.
Gwen was active throughout her life. Gwen and Chet enjoyed camping and fishing throughout the Bitterroot Valley, (after the gardening and canning were done). Gwen was a talented seamstress, enjoyed all kinds of needlework. Chet boasted of her skill "she even made me a suit."
She loved flowers, both growing and arranging them. The Stevensville Methodist Church was often the recipient of a beautiful Sunday bouquet. When giving directions to the house, all one had to mention was "the iris and gladiola garden on (old) Ravalli Street." She was a good cook and liked trying new recipes. But the favorites of her family and company were her pies and cookies.
Gwen's passions were her family and her painting. After taking lessons and trekking into the mountains and down to the river with her artist friends, she mastered all mediums but was especially proud of her portraits, many of them of her children and grandchildren. In her later years, Gwen enjoyed watching baseball, basketball and golf on television and had time to indulge her lifelong passion of reading.
Gwen was a member of the Garden Club of Montana, Stevensville Garden Club, and Beulah Chapter No. 8 of the Order of Eastern Star, Rebecca Lodge,United Methodist Church of Stevensville and the Indian Hills Retirement Community of Salome, Ariz.
Gwen worked as a truck driver hauling bulk milk with baby Larry riding shotgun, at Farmers State Bank and First State Bank as a proof machine operator, and as principal bookkeeper at Powell's Conoco bulk plant and service station.
Her adoring husband Chet, youngest son Larry, dear sister Mildred and loving parents Frances and Edgar Puyear preceded her in death.
Survivors include her children Linda K. (John) Berge of Issaquah, Wash., and E Leon (Linda) Powell of Stevensville; sisters Barbara (Terry) Kerr of Stevensville and Gerald (Joanne) Puyear of Yakima, Wash.; grandchildren Michael and Loren Berge, Lori (Bill) Swinehart, and Curtis (Elissa) Powell Douglas; great-grandchildren Samuel and Benjamin Berge, Kara Berge, Rebecca and Karine Swinehart and Diego Powell Douglas.
Visitation will be held at the Whitesitt Funeral Home in Stevensville on Friday, November 11, 2005 from 6 to 8pm.
Funeral Services are scheduled for Saturday, November 12, 2005 at 10:30 pm at the Stevensville United Methodist Church with the Rev. Nancy Slaubaugh-Hart officiating. Eastern Star Ritualistic Services will conclude services. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Stevensville. A reception in honor of Gwen will follow at the church.
Memorials are asked in lieu of flowers in the name of Gwen Powell to the Alzheimer's Association, 3010 11th Ave N, Billings, Mont., 59101.
RAVALLI REPUBLIC, November 9, 2005---
STEVENSVILLE - Gwendolyn Ellen ‘Gwen' Puyear Powell of Stevensville passed away on Monday, November 7, 2005 in Florence.
Gwen was born on January 26, 1919 in Victor to Edgar and Frances (Keirns) Puyear. She graduated from Corvallis High School on May 19, 1937. Two days later she married the love of her life, Chester (Chet) L. Powell, May 21, 1937. After 63 years of marriage, he preceded her in death on August 30, 2000.
Gwen was active throughout her life. Gwen and Chet enjoyed camping and fishing throughout the Bitterroot Valley, (after the gardening and canning were done). Gwen was a talented seamstress, enjoyed all kinds of needlework. Chet boasted of her skill "she even made me a suit."
She loved flowers, both growing and arranging them. The Stevensville Methodist Church was often the recipient of a beautiful Sunday bouquet. When giving directions to the house, all one had to mention was "the iris and gladiola garden on (old) Ravalli Street." She was a good cook and liked trying new recipes. But the favorites of her family and company were her pies and cookies.
Gwen's passions were her family and her painting. After taking lessons and trekking into the mountains and down to the river with her artist friends, she mastered all mediums but was especially proud of her portraits, many of them of her children and grandchildren. In her later years, Gwen enjoyed watching baseball, basketball and golf on television and had time to indulge her lifelong passion of reading.
Gwen was a member of the Garden Club of Montana, Stevensville Garden Club, and Beulah Chapter No. 8 of the Order of Eastern Star, Rebecca Lodge,United Methodist Church of Stevensville and the Indian Hills Retirement Community of Salome, Ariz.
Gwen worked as a truck driver hauling bulk milk with baby Larry riding shotgun, at Farmers State Bank and First State Bank as a proof machine operator, and as principal bookkeeper at Powell's Conoco bulk plant and service station.
Her adoring husband Chet, youngest son Larry, dear sister Mildred and loving parents Frances and Edgar Puyear preceded her in death.
Survivors include her children Linda K. (John) Berge of Issaquah, Wash., and E Leon (Linda) Powell of Stevensville; sisters Barbara (Terry) Kerr of Stevensville and Gerald (Joanne) Puyear of Yakima, Wash.; grandchildren Michael and Loren Berge, Lori (Bill) Swinehart, and Curtis (Elissa) Powell Douglas; great-grandchildren Samuel and Benjamin Berge, Kara Berge, Rebecca and Karine Swinehart and Diego Powell Douglas.
Visitation will be held at the Whitesitt Funeral Home in Stevensville on Friday, November 11, 2005 from 6 to 8pm.
Funeral Services are scheduled for Saturday, November 12, 2005 at 10:30 pm at the Stevensville United Methodist Church with the Rev. Nancy Slaubaugh-Hart officiating. Eastern Star Ritualistic Services will conclude services. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Stevensville. A reception in honor of Gwen will follow at the church.
Memorials are asked in lieu of flowers in the name of Gwen Powell to the Alzheimer's Association, 3010 11th Ave N, Billings, Mont., 59101.
STEVENSVILLE - Gwendolyn Ellen ‘Gwen' Puyear Powell of Stevensville passed away on Monday, November 7, 2005 in Florence.
Gwen was born on January 26, 1919 in Victor to Edgar and Frances (Keirns) Puyear. She graduated from Corvallis High School on May 19, 1937. Two days later she married the love of her life, Chester (Chet) L. Powell, May 21, 1937. After 63 years of marriage, he preceded her in death on August 30, 2000.
Gwen was active throughout her life. Gwen and Chet enjoyed camping and fishing throughout the Bitterroot Valley, (after the gardening and canning were done). Gwen was a talented seamstress, enjoyed all kinds of needlework. Chet boasted of her skill "she even made me a suit."
She loved flowers, both growing and arranging them. The Stevensville Methodist Church was often the recipient of a beautiful Sunday bouquet. When giving directions to the house, all one had to mention was "the iris and gladiola garden on (old) Ravalli Street." She was a good cook and liked trying new recipes. But the favorites of her family and company were her pies and cookies.
Gwen's passions were her family and her painting. After taking lessons and trekking into the mountains and down to the river with her artist friends, she mastered all mediums but was especially proud of her portraits, many of them of her children and grandchildren. In her later years, Gwen enjoyed watching baseball, basketball and golf on television and had time to indulge her lifelong passion of reading.
Gwen was a member of the Garden Club of Montana, Stevensville Garden Club, and Beulah Chapter No. 8 of the Order of Eastern Star, Rebecca Lodge,United Methodist Church of Stevensville and the Indian Hills Retirement Community of Salome, Ariz.
Gwen worked as a truck driver hauling bulk milk with baby Larry riding shotgun, at Farmers State Bank and First State Bank as a proof machine operator, and as principal bookkeeper at Powell's Conoco bulk plant and service station.
Her adoring husband Chet, youngest son Larry, dear sister Mildred and loving parents Frances and Edgar Puyear preceded her in death.
Survivors include her children Linda K. (John) Berge of Issaquah, Wash., and E Leon (Linda) Powell of Stevensville; sisters Barbara (Terry) Kerr of Stevensville and Gerald (Joanne) Puyear of Yakima, Wash.; grandchildren Michael and Loren Berge, Lori (Bill) Swinehart, and Curtis (Elissa) Powell Douglas; great-grandchildren Samuel and Benjamin Berge, Kara Berge, Rebecca and Karine Swinehart and Diego Powell Douglas.
Visitation will be held at the Whitesitt Funeral Home in Stevensville on Friday, November 11, 2005 from 6 to 8pm.
Funeral Services are scheduled for Saturday, November 12, 2005 at 10:30 pm at the Stevensville United Methodist Church with the Rev. Nancy Slaubaugh-Hart officiating. Eastern Star Ritualistic Services will conclude services. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Stevensville. A reception in honor of Gwen will follow at the church.
Memorials are asked in lieu of flowers in the name of Gwen Powell to the Alzheimer's Association, 3010 11th Ave N, Billings, Mont., 59101.
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